Friday September 29, 2012

I came to class today knowing that Mr. Schick was on a field trip with the Film Club, but it turned out to be a lot more than that. In my free mod right before this class, I read Mr. Schick's blog, saying that section 1 (that's us), would have a substitute while he was on the field trip. However, when we arrived, there was no one in the room! All of us were very confused as 10 minutes went by without anyone to teach us. A few of my classmates remembered a school rule stating that if no teacher was available, a student must contact the main office immediately. So a few students called the main office and told them that our substitute was not here. They said that they would fix the problem and send someone to look after us. A couple teachers stopped in occasionally to check on us as time passed. After a while, we got news that Mr. Schick just got back to the school and that he would be with us in a couple minutes. When Mr. Schick finally cam, he played "God Grew Tired of Us" for us to watch. In the movie, the lost boys have been in America for a while. They got small jobs to support themselves, like cooking burgers at McDonald's, and working in factories. Later, one of the lost boys, Panther, received a letter from his parents saying that they were having financial issues in Uganda. Panther is now working very hard in America so he can send money to his parents. I am curious to see what happens next in the film.